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Book Synopsis Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, was one of the most important figures in post-war French anthropology. He is well-known for his early work on India, which culminated in Homo Hierarchicus (1966; in English 1972, 1980), an anthropological account of the caste system. He later extended this work into a comparison of the values of Indian and western society in works like Essays on Individualism (1986) and German ideology: From France to Germany and Back (1994). He is also known for pioneering work on kinship in south India and more generally (for example Affinity as a Value, 1983). The current volume represents the fruits of this side of his activities and originated in as a series of lectures providing an account of the British and French schools for students.Table of Contents Editor’s Introduction Preface Preface to the Tel Edition PART I: KINSHIP IN THE WORK OF RADCLIFFE-BROWN A. What is Kinship? Chapter 1. Notes and Queries Chapter 2. Radcliffe-Brown B. The Meaning of 'Kinship System' Chapter 3. The Principle Chapter 4. Characteristics of 'Kinship Systems' according to Radcliffe-Brown Chapter 5. Sketch of a Theory of 'Systems' Chapter 6. The Different Aspects of Kinship Chapter 7. The Nature of Kinship: A Recent Discussion C. Interpersonal Relations and 'Structural Principles' Chapter 8. Interpersonal Relations: Terminology and Behaviour Chapter 9. Radcliffe-Brown’s 'Structural Principles' Chapter 10. The Main Principle: Descent PART II: THE THEORY OG UNILINEAL DESCENT GROUPS D. Before The Nuer Chapter 11. Descent according to Rivers Chapter 12. 'Descent' and 'Succession' in Radcliffe-Brown Chapter 13. Unilineal Descent and Other Modes of Descent E. Evans-Pritchard: The Nuer Chapter 14. The Nuer: Structural Relativity Chapter 15. The Nuer: Political System and Lineage System Chapter 16. The Nuer: Clarifications and Explanations Chapter 17. The Nuer: Mode of Correspondence between the Political System and the Lineage System Chapter 18. The Idea of Structure in The Nuer F. After The Nuer Chapter 19. Meyer Fortes Chapter 20. Jack Goody PART III: THE THEORY OF MARRIAGE ALLIANCE G. Lévi-Strauss: Elementary Structures Chapter 21. Introduction Chapter 22. Elementary Structures: General Outline of the Restricted Theory Chapter 23. Systems with Global Formulas: Australia Chapter 24. Definitions: Restricted Exchange and Generalised Exchange; Harmony and Disharmony Chapter 25. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Bilateral Form Chapter 26. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Matrilateral Form Chapter 27. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Patrilateral Form Chapter 28. Cross-Cousin Marriage and Kinship Terminology Chapter 29. Conclusion: The Contribution of Elementary Structures H. After Elementary Structures Chapter 30. Local and Global Points of View (a) Exogamous Unit and ‘Exchange’ Unit (b) Intermarriage in a Circle (c) Oriented Intermarriage and ‘Hypergamy’ Chapter 31. Prescription and Preference: Patrilateral Marriage Chapter 32. Social Integration and Mental Integration Basic Bibliography Other References in Text Index

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Book SynopsisSouth Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, suitable for students at all levels and others interested in this topic. It assumes no prior knowledge of either the region of the discipline of anthropology. The book makes extensive use of existing publications to describe how anthropologists have approached the region and what they have said about it. The first set of chapters deal mostly with India, being successively on caste, class, tribes, religion, kinship and marriage, gender, the body and personhood, politics and political economy. The second set of chapters deal successively with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal.Trade ReviewThis book is a momentous addition to the analytics of South Asia, a region that is at the crossroads of history, experiencing great turmoil, and that is going through significant environmental, social and cultural crises. Through the lens of Anthropology, Emeritus Professor Robert Parkin remarkably weaves together the intersecting threads of religion, caste, gender and other markers of identity along with the complex topics of informality in the economy and precarity of the labouring masses, modernity and politics as well as the politicisation of Islam, and the diaspora. A comprehensive volume of this nature and coverage has been lacking in the shelves for some time, and this book will fill that gap. Readers will enjoy the book for the timeliness of its topic, its scope and the mastery of its style. I can guarantee the readers they will never see South Asia the same way again. -- Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, Crawford School of public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National UniversityRobert Parkin presents a wide ranging introduction to the Anthropology of South Asia, merging traditional concerns with modern issues. South Asia in Transition is important reading for anyone interested in understanding the region. -- Alpa Shah, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics. Author of Nightmarch, In the Shadows of the State and co-author of Ground Down by Growth.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Anthropology and South Asia, Anthropology of South Asia Caste: The South Asian Social Group Caste and Class in Modern South Asia The Tribe in South Asia: Like Caste or Unlike? Religions in South Asia: Of Indian Soil and Imported Kinship and Marriage in India: Traditional Practices and Modern Changes Gender, the Body and Personhood: Patriarchy and Resistance Politics in Modern India: Policy versus Faction Political Economy of Modern India: From Formality to Precarity Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Asian Islam Sri Lanka: Buddhist Nationalism and Tamil Separatism Nepal: From Hindu Kingdom to Republic BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book Synopsis Studying the German-Polish ethnic relations, this book analyses the people and region through their respective borderlands, migration, official cooperation and unofficial suspicions across the border. The main conclusion is that, while officialdom is generally keen to develop cross-border ties, which ordinary people do take advantage of, these tend to be much more sceptical of the potential impact to their lives in what remains an economically depressed area despite cross-border cooperation having been possible for several decades.Trade Review “This is a well-written, well-constructed and important book … written by an author who is a trained and experienced social scientist and who has a thorough knowledge of the field and the area about which he is writing.” • Zdzisław Mach, Jagiellonian UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations I: From the Beginnings to the First World War Chapter 2. The Historical Foundations of German–Polish Relations II: From the First World War to the Present Chapter 3. National and Regional Identities in Germany and Poland Chapter 4. Polish Minorities in Germany: The 120% Deutsche Chapter 5. Regions in Poland I: Ziemia Lubuska – Forgotten by Germany? Chapter 6. Administrative Reform, Cross-Border Relations and Regional Identity in Western Poland and Eastern Germany Chapter 7. Regions in Poland II: Silesia – German, Polish, or Wasserpolnisch? Chapter 8. Updates, 2010, 2014 Conclusion References Index

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Book Synopsis Using some of his landmark publications on kinship, along with a new introduction, chapter and conclusion, Robert Parkin discusses here the changes in kinship terminologies and marriage practices, as well as the dialectics between them. The chapters also focus on a suggested trajectory, linking South Asia and Europe and the specific question of the status of Crow-Omaha systems. The collection culminates in the argument that, whereas marriage systems and practices seem infinitely varied when examined from a very close perspective, the terminologies that accompany them are much more restricted.Trade Review “Accounts of kinship terminology evolution either have mostly focused on single, or a few, regions without placing the account into a larger context… Parkin provides a far more complete account based on extensive empirical evidence regarding the world-wide variations among kinship terminologies.” • Dwight Read, UCLATable of Contents List of Figures Introduction Part I: Terminological change Chapter 1. Kinship as classification: towards a paradigm of change Chapter 2. Terminology and alliance in India: tribal systems and the north-south problem Chapter 3. From tetradic society to dispersed alliance Chapter 4. Why do societies abandon cross-cousin marriage? Chapter 5. Dravidian and Iroquois in South Asia Chapter 6. Indo-European kinship terminologies in Europe: trajectories of change Part II: Crow-Omaha Chapter 7. On the origin of Crow-Omaha terminologies Chapter 8. Substitutability of kin and the Crow-Omaha problem Chapter 9. The evolution of kinship terminologies: non-prescriptive forms of asymmetric alliance in Indonesia Conclusion Glossary Appendix: Publications on kinship by Robert Parkin Index

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Book Synopsis The work of Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont's idea of hierarchical opposition, which he proposed as a truer representation of indigenous ideologies than Lévi-Strauss's binary opposition. In this book the author argues that, although structuralism is often thought to have gone out of fashion, Dumont's greater concern with praxis and agency makes his own version of structuralism more contemporary. The work of his followers and fellow travelers, as well as his own, indicates that hierarchical opposition is capable of taking structuralism in new and more realistic directions, reminding us that it has never been the preserve of Lévi-Strauss alone.Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Needham’s Development of Hertz Chapter 3. The Dumontian Reaction: understanding Chapter 4. The Background to Dumont’s Revision in India and Elsewhere Chapter 5. The Reception of Hierarchical Opposition Chapter 6. The School of Dumont: From Classification to Ritual Analysis Chapter 7. Residue, Cosmos and Economics Chapter 8. Innocence and Possibility Chapter 9. Legacies and Lessons Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis The work of Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont's idea of hierarchical opposition, which he proposed as a truer representation of indigenous ideologies than Lévi-Strauss's binary opposition. In this book the author argues that, although structuralism is often thought to have gone out of fashion, Dumont's greater concern with praxis and agency makes his own version of structuralism more contemporary. The work of his followers and fellow travelers, as well as his own, indicates that hierarchical opposition is capable of taking structuralism in new and more realistic directions, reminding us that it has never been the preserve of Lévi-Strauss alone.Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Needham’s Development of Hertz Chapter 3. The Dumontian Reaction: understanding Chapter 4. The Background to Dumont’s Revision in India and Elsewhere Chapter 5. The Reception of Hierarchical Opposition Chapter 6. The School of Dumont: From Classification to Ritual Analysis Chapter 7. Residue, Cosmos and Economics Chapter 8. Innocence and Possibility Chapter 9. Legacies and Lessons Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments.Table of Contents Preface James Wilkerson and Robert Parkin Introduction James Wilkerson and Robert Parkin Part I: People’s Republic of China Chapter 1. The house, the state and change: the modernity of Sichuan Gyalrong Tibetans Ting-yu Wang Chapter 2. From kinship to state and back again: lineage and history in a Qiang village Liu Biyun Chapter 3. Embroidery speaks: what does Miao embroidery tell us? Ho Zhaohua Chapter 4. Tensions between romantic love and marriage: performing ‘Miao cultural individuality’ in an upland Miao love song Chien Mei-ling Chapter 5. Modalities of the one-child policy among urban migrants in China Chang Kuei-min Chapter 6. The culture of World Cultural Heritage Eveline Bingaman Part II: Taiwan and Vietnam Chapter 7. ‘Amis hip hop’: the bodily expressions of contemporary young Amis in Taiwan Futuru C. L. Tsai Chapter 8. Contesting memory: the shifting power of narration in contemporary Paiwan contexts Li-Ju Hong Chapter 9. Ethnicity as strategy: Taiwan state policies and the Thao Yayoi Mitsuda Chapter 10. On the ‘third morning’: the continuity of life from past to present among the Nung of northern Vietnam N. Jenny Hsu Afterword: Performance as a mechanism for social change James Wilkerson

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Book Synopsis Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, was one of the most important figures in post-war French anthropology. He is well-known for his early work on India, which culminated in Homo Hierarchicus (1966; in English 1972, 1980), an anthropological account of the caste system. He later extended this work into a comparison of the values of Indian and western society in works like Essays on Individualism (1986) and German ideology: From France to Germany and Back (1994). He is also known for pioneering work on kinship in south India and more generally (for example Affinity as a Value, 1983). The current volume represents the fruits of this side of his activities and originated in as a series of lectures providing an account of the British and French schools for students.Table of Contents Editor’s Introduction Preface Preface to the Tel Edition PART I: KINSHIP IN THE WORK OF RADCLIFFE-BROWN A. What is Kinship? Chapter 1. Notes and Queries Chapter 2. Radcliffe-Brown B. The Meaning of 'Kinship System' Chapter 3. The Principle Chapter 4. Characteristics of 'Kinship Systems' according to Radcliffe-Brown Chapter 5. Sketch of a Theory of 'Systems' Chapter 6. The Different Aspects of Kinship Chapter 7. The Nature of Kinship: A Recent Discussion C. Interpersonal Relations and 'Structural Principles' Chapter 8. Interpersonal Relations: Terminology and Behaviour Chapter 9. Radcliffe-Brown’s 'Structural Principles' Chapter 10. The Main Principle: Descent PART II: THE THEORY OG UNILINEAL DESCENT GROUPS D. Before The Nuer Chapter 11. Descent according to Rivers Chapter 12. 'Descent' and 'Succession' in Radcliffe-Brown Chapter 13. Unilineal Descent and Other Modes of Descent E. Evans-Pritchard: The Nuer Chapter 14. The Nuer: Structural Relativity Chapter 15. The Nuer: Political System and Lineage System Chapter 16. The Nuer: Clarifications and Explanations Chapter 17. The Nuer: Mode of Correspondence between the Political System and the Lineage System Chapter 18. The Idea of Structure in The Nuer F. After The Nuer Chapter 19. Meyer Fortes Chapter 20. Jack Goody PART III: THE THEORY OF MARRIAGE ALLIANCE G. Lévi-Strauss: Elementary Structures Chapter 21. Introduction Chapter 22. Elementary Structures: General Outline of the Restricted Theory Chapter 23. Systems with Global Formulas: Australia Chapter 24. Definitions: Restricted Exchange and Generalised Exchange; Harmony and Disharmony Chapter 25. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Bilateral Form Chapter 26. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Matrilateral Form Chapter 27. Cross-Cousin Marriage: Patrilateral Form Chapter 28. Cross-Cousin Marriage and Kinship Terminology Chapter 29. Conclusion: The Contribution of Elementary Structures H. After Elementary Structures Chapter 30. Local and Global Points of View (a) Exogamous Unit and ‘Exchange’ Unit (b) Intermarriage in a Circle (c) Oriented Intermarriage and ‘Hypergamy’ Chapter 31. Prescription and Preference: Patrilateral Marriage Chapter 32. Social Integration and Mental Integration Basic Bibliography Other References in Text Index

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Book SynopsisSouth Asia in Transition is an introductory book on the anthropology of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suitable for students at all levels and others interested in this topic. It assumes no prior knowledge of either the region or the discipline of anthropology. The book makes extensive use of existing publications to describe how anthropologists have approached the region and what they have said about it. The first group of chapters deals mostly with India and caste, class, tribes, religion, kinship and marriage, gender, the body and personhood, politics and political economy. A second group of chapters deals successively with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.Trade ReviewThis book is a momentous addition to the analytics of South Asia, a region that is at the crossroads of history, experiencing great turmoil, and is going through significant environmental, social and cultural crises. Through the lens of anthropology, emeritus professor Robert Parkin remarkably weaves together the intersecting threads of religion, caste, gender, and other markers of identity along with the complex topics of informality in the economy and precarity of the labouring masses, modernity, and politics, as well as the politicisation of Islam, and the diaspora. A comprehensive volume of this nature and coverage has been lacking in the shelves for some time, and this book will fill that gap. Readers will enjoy the book for the timeliness of its topic, its scope, and the mastery of its style. I can guarantee the readers they will never see South Asia the same way again. -- Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, Crawford School of public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National UniversityRobert Parkin presents a wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of South Asia, merging traditional concerns with modern issues. South Asia in Transition is important reading for anyone interested in understanding the region. -- Alpa Shah, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics. Author of Nightmarch, In the Shadows of the State and co-author of Ground Down by Growth.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Anthropology and South Asia, Anthropology of South Asia Caste: The South Asian Social Group Caste and Class in Modern South Asia The Tribe in South Asia: Like Caste or Unlike? Religions in South Asia: Of Indian Soil and Imported Kinship and Marriage in India: Traditional Practices and Modern Changes Gender, the Body and Personhood: Patriarchy and Resistance Politics in Modern India: Policy versus Faction Political Economy of Modern India: From Formality to Precarity Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Asian Islam Sri Lanka: Buddhist Nationalism and Tamil Separatism Nepal: From Hindu Kingdom to Republic BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisSeventy-one American destroyers went down during World War II, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of each,from launch to the ship''s final hours. Through these stories we travel from the stormy North Atlantic to the calm Mediterranean, from the East Coast of the United States to the vast reaches of the Pacific, on destroyers from the USS Reuben James to the USS Callaghan. We join them,and their crews of young soldiers,as they engage the enemy and do pitched battle with German submarines, Japanese kamikaze pilots, or long-range cruisers. Filled with eyewitness accounts, precise statistics, and historical contexts for each battle and each ship sunk, Blood on the Sea serves as both a tribute to these lost ships and a critical reference guide for historians and veterans alike.

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Book Synopsis Outside France, French anthropology is conventionally seen as being dominated by grand theory produced by writers who have done little or no fieldwork themselves, and who may not even count as anthropologists in terms of the institutional structures of French academia. This applies to figures from Durkheim to Derrida, Mauss to Foucault, though there are partial exceptions, such as Lévi-Strauss and Bourdieu. It has led to a contrast being made, especially perhaps in the Anglo-Saxon world, between French theory relying on rational inference, and British empiricism based on induction and generally skeptical of theory. While there are contrasts between the two traditions, this is essentially a false view. It is this aspect of French anthropology that this collection addresses, in the belief that the neglect of many of these figures outside France is seriously distorting our view of the French tradition of anthropology overall. At the same time, the collection will provide a positive view of the French tradition of ethnography, stressing its combination of technical competence and the sympathies of its practitioners for its various ethnographic subjects.Trade Review “This volume is fascinating and, in my view, particularly interesting in that it offers a considerable contribution to the history (even ethno-history) of anthropology.” · L’HommeTable of Contents List of illustrations List of authors discussed in this volume Preface Introduction: Ethnographic practice and theory in France Robert Parkin and Anne de Sales Chapter 1. ‘Keeping your eyes open’: Arnold van Gennep and the autonomy of the folkloristic Giordano Charuty Chapter 2. Canonical ethnography: Hanoteau and Letourneux on Kabyle communal law Peter Parkes Chapter 3. Postcards at the service of the Imaginary: Jean Rouch, shared anthropology and the ciné-trance Paul Henley Chapter 4. Eric de Dampierre and the art of fieldwork Margaret Buckner Chapter 5. What sort of anthropologist was Paul Rivet? Laura Rival Chapter 6. Alfred Métraux: empiricist and romanticist Peter Rivière Chapter 7. Roger Bastide or the 'darknesses of alterity' Stefania Capone Chapter 8. The art and craft of ethnography: Lucien Bernot, 1919–1993 Gérard Toffin Chapter 9. André-Georges Haudricourt: a thorough materialist Alban Bensa Chapter 10. Louis Dumont: from museology to structuralism via India Robert Parkin Chapter 11. Will the real Maurice Leenhardt please stand up? Four anthropologists in search of an ancestor Jeremy MacClancy Notes on Contributors Index

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